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299. Platform of St. Thomas. 



13. A royal culverin named Santa Barbara; weight, 97 quintals; 31 diameters; 

 a 27-lb. ball, 20 of powder. 



14. Another royal culverin named San Antonio ; weight, 86 quintals 8 lbs. ; 

 30 diameters ; a 27-lb. ball, 20 of powder. 



300. Cavalier curtain on the land side, running to the Orillon. 



15. A tierce stone-mortar; weight, 26 quintals 50 lbs.; 13 diameters; a 15-lb. 

 ball, 9 of powder. 



16. A half culverin named Santa Casilda; weight, 42 quintals; 24 diameters; 

 a 15-lb. ball, 9 of powder. 



17. A bastard half culverin; no weight recorded; 26 diameters; a 15-lb. ball, 



12 of powder. 



18. A quarto stone-mortar; no weight recorded; 12 diameters; a 12-lb. ball, 

 8 of powder. 



IQ. A half culverin; weight, 47 quintals; 27 diameters; a 12-lb. ball, 10 of 

 powder. 



20. A tierce stone-mortar, named San Diego, weight, 48 quintals 15 lbs.; 



13 diameters; a 15-lb. ball, 9 of powder. 



21. A half culverin, named Santa Catalina ; no weight recorded, 32 diameters; 

 an 8-lb. ball, 8 of powder. 



22. Another half culverin, named Santa Ana ; weight, 44 quintals 85 lbs. ; 

 26 diameters; a i6-lb. ball, 12 of powder. 



23. A pasavolante (small culverin), named Santa Ana; no weight recorded; 

 35 diameters ; an 8-lb. ball, 8 of powder. 



24. A tierce stone-mortar, named Santo Domingo; weight, 28 quintals 12 lbs.; 

 13 diameters; a i6-lb. ball, 10 of powder. 



25. A moyana (small culverin) ; no weight recorded; 27 diameters; a 7-lb. 

 ball, 7 of powder. 



26. A quarto cannon; weight, 22 quintals; 19 diameters; a 12-lb. ball, 9 of 

 powder. 



27. A moyana ; no weight recorded ; 27 diameters ; a 7-lb. ball, 7 of powder. 



301. Citadel of the Orillon. 



28. A quarto stone-mortar; weight, 27 quintals; 13 diameters; a lo-lb. ball, 

 7 of powder. 



29. Another quarto stone-mortar; weight, 15 quintals 50 lbs.; 13 diameters; 

 a lo-lb. ball, 7 of powder. 



302. First casemate next the guardroom. 



30. A cast-iron cannon ; 20 diameters ; a 6-lb. ball, 5 of powder. 



303. And opposite the Morro on the other side of the harbor there 

 is another castle or fortress called La Punta, with many heavy bronze 

 cannon, and with a Captain who is its Warden, with a company of 

 100 soldiers. So ships enter the harbor between the Morro and this 

 fort ; and within the harbor, next the houses where the ships tie up, 

 there is another fortress, which they call the Fuerza Vieja (Old Fort), 



